Effect of Aging on Postural Stability

Effect of Aging on Postural Stability

Postural control of human body is a complex process involving visual , vestibular, somatosensory system and their central processing , add the vestibular system through its multiple connection coordinates movements of the head with movement of the eyes (to maintain clear vision ), trunk , and limbs (to maintain cephalic and postural stability ) via vestibulo-ocular and vestibulo-spinal reflexes respectively Global postural control shows alterations with aging increasing the chance of falls in the population aged 60 years or older, In older adults, poor postural balance can indicate an impaired ability to recover from small postural perturbations and be predictive of future falls

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: from 60 years to 80 years old.
• Sex: males and females
• All subject had no audio vestibular disease's.
• No evidence of cognitive dysfunction.
• No evidence of musculo-skeletal abnormalities.
• No motion intolerance.
• No history of any disease required to give treatment that could affect results

Exclusion Criteria:

• Old age person with cognitive dysfunction.
• Old age person with musculo-skeletal disorder.
• Adult person below age 60 years old.
• Old age person with neurological disease, motion intolerance, visual disorder, diabetes mellitus and hypertension.